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Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)

133 In Schedule 6 (orders relating to abstraction of small quantities and compulsory registration of protected rights), in paragraph 1(4)(g), for “English Nature” substitute “Natural England”.

Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59)

134 (1) Amend section 61C (duties with respect to sites of special scientific interest) as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) for “English Nature” substitute “Natural England”, and

(b) for “that Council” substitute “Natural England or the Countryside Council for Wales”.

(3) In subsection (4), for “English Nature” substitute “Natural England”.

135 In section 61E (codes of practice), in subsection (4)(b), for “the Countryside Agency, English Nature” substitute “Natural England”.

Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42)

136 In section 6 (applications for orders relating to railways, tramways, inland waterways etc.), in subsection (7)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for “the Countryside Agency” substitute “Natural England”, and

(b) omit paragraph (e) and “and” preceding it.

Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (c. 51)

137 In section 10 (licences)—

(a) in subsections (1), (3), (4) and (6), for “the appropriate Conservancy Council” (in each place) substitute “the appropriate conservation body”,

(b) in subsection (4)(a), for “English Nature” substitute “Natural England”, and

(c) in subsection (6), for “Council's” substitute “body's”.

Agriculture Act 1993 (c. 37)

138 Omit section 20 (functions under section 19 of the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958).

Agriculture (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/2665 (N.I. 10))

139 Omit Article 22 (functions of certain bodies in relation to agricultural marketing schemes).

Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)

140 In section 4 (principal aims and objectives of the Environment Agency), in subsection (5), for the words from “after consultation with the Agency and such other bodies or persons as” substitute “after consultation with—

“(a) the Agency,

(b) Natural England, and

(c) such other persons as”.

141 (1) Amend section 8 (environmental duties with respect to sites of special interest) as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) for “English Nature” substitute “Natural England”, and

(b) for “that Council” substitute “the Agency or (as the case may be) the Council”.

(3) In subsection (4), for “English Nature” substitute “Natural England”.

142 In section 9 (codes of practice with respect to environmental and recreational duties), in subsection (3)(b), for “the Countryside Agency, English Nature,” substitute “Natural England”.

143 In section 66 (National Park Management Plans), in subsection (7)(a), for “the Countryside Agency and English Nature” substitute “Natural England”.

144 In section 72 (National Park grant), in subsection (2), for “the Countryside Agency” substitute “Natural England”.

145 In section 99 (consultation before making or modifying certain subordinate legislation for England), in subsection (2), for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—

“(b) Natural England;”.

146 In Schedule 7 (National Park authorities), in paragraphs 4(1) and 14(3), for “the Countryside Agency” substitute “Natural England”.

Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 (c. 61)

147 In Schedule 6 (planning conditions), in the table in paragraph 27(4), for the entries relating to English Nature and the Countryside Agency substitute—

148 In Schedule 14 (overhead lines: consent), in the table in paragraph 7(4), for the entries relating to English Nature and the Countryside Agency substitute—

Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

149 In Schedule 4 (public bodies subject to reform by Assembly), omit paragraph 6.

150 In Schedule 5 (bodies and offices covered by section 74), omit paragraph 21.

Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29)

151 In section 352 (the Mayor’s biodiversity action plan), in subsection (3), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a) Natural England, and”.

152 In section 408 (transfer of property, rights or liabilities), in subsection (3), for paragraph (g) substitute—

“(g) Natural England;”.

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)

153 (1) In Schedule 1 (public authorities), amend Part 6 as follows.

(2) Insert at the appropriate places—

“Commission for Rural Communities.”, and

“Natural England.”

(3) Omit the entries relating to—

(a) the Committee of Investigation for Great Britain,

(b) the consumers' committee for Great Britain appointed under section 19 of the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958,

(c) the Countryside Agency, and

(d) English Nature.

Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)

154 In section 1 (principal definitions for Part 1), in subsection (2), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “the appropriate countryside body”, for “the Countryside Agency” substitute “Natural England”.

155 In section 4 (duty to prepare maps), in subsection (1), for “the Countryside Agency” substitute “Natural England”.

156 (1) Amend section 20 (codes of conduct and other information) as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for “the Countryside Agency” substitute “Natural England”.

(3) In subsection (3), for “the Countryside Agency” substitute “Natural England”.

157 In section 26 (nature conservation and heritage preservation), in subsection (6)(a)(i), for “, English Nature” substitute “in respect of which Natural England is not the relevant authority, Natural England”.

158 In section 33 (guidance by countryside bodies to National Park authorities)—

(a) in subsections (1) and (3), for “The Countryside Agency”, and

(b) in subsection (4), for “the Countryside Agency”,

substitute “Natural England”.

159 In section 58 (application for path creation order), for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) An application for the making of a public path creation order under section 26(2) of the 1980 Act may be made—

(a) by Natural England to the Secretary of State, or

(b) for the purpose of enabling the public to obtain access to any access land (within the meaning of Part 1) or of facilitating such access, by the Countryside Council for Wales to the National Assembly for Wales.”

160 In section 61 (rights of way improvement plans: supplemental), in subsection (1)(f), for “the Countryside Agency” substitute “Natural England”.

161 Omit section 73 (Nature Conservancy Council for England: change of name).

162 Omit section 74 (conservation of biological diversity).

163 In section 82 (designation of areas of outstanding natural beauty), in subsection (1)—

(a) for “the Countryside Agency (in this Part referred to as “the Agency”)” substitute “Natural England”, and

(b) for “the Agency may” substitute “Natural England may”.

164 In each of the following provisions for “the Agency” substitute “Natural England”—

(a) section 83(1), (2), (3), (5), (8) and (9);

(b) section 84(1)(a) and (3);

(c) section 86(6)(a);

(d) section 90(1)(a)(i);

(e) section 91(2);

(f) in Schedule 13, paragraph 6(1).

165 In section 85 (general duty of public bodies etc.), in subsection (3), after the definition of “public office” insert—

““statutory undertaker” means a person who is or is deemed to be a statutory undertaker for the purposes of any provision of Part 11 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990”.

166 In section 87 (general purposes and powers), in subsection (2), omit “, but without incurring significant expenditure in doing so,”.

167 In section 90 (supplementary provisions relating to management plans for areas of outstanding natural beauty), in subsection (1)(a)(i), omit “and English Nature”.

168 In section 92 (interpretation of Part 4 etc.), in subsection (1), omit the definition of “the Agency”.

169 In section 101 (expenses), omit paragraph (a).

170 (1) In Schedule 11 (transitional provisions and savings relating to sites of special scientific interest), in paragraph 7, after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(3) In relation to a site of special scientific interest which is the subject of a notification to which this paragraph applies—

(a) section 28B (notification of additional land) shall have effect as if subsection (3) were omitted; and

(b) section 28C (enlargement of SSSI) shall have effect as if subsection (4) were omitted.”

(2) In the heading to paragraph 7, for “section 28A” substitute “sections 28A to 28C”.

Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11)

171 In Schedule 2 (listed authorities), in Part 2, omit paragraphs 62 and 65.

Water Act 2003 (c. 37)

172 In Schedule 1 (the Water Services Regulation Authority), in the Schedule 1A to be inserted in the Water Industry Act 1991, omit paragraph 11.

Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 4)

173 In Schedule 2 (the specified authorities), omit the entry relating to the Hill Farming Advisory Committee for Scotland.

Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36)

174 In Schedule 1 (Category 1 and 2 responders), after paragraph 11 insert—

“11A Natural England.”

Part 2 Inland waterways

175 (1) In—

(a) the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (2), and

(b) subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)),

for “Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council” (in each place) substitute “Inland Waterways Advisory Council”.

(2) The provisions are—

• paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 13 to the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73);

• in the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24), Part 3 of Schedule 1;

• in the Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74), Part 2 of Schedule 1A;

• in the British Waterways Act 1983 (c. ii), paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 1;

• in the British Waterways Act 1995 (c. i), paragraphs 6(c), 7(1), 8, 9 and 12(a) of Schedule 2;

• in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36), Part 6 of Schedule 1.

176 In Part 1 of Schedule 17 to the Transport Act 1968 (provisions extending to Northern Ireland), omit “and 110”.